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#ifndef PEPTIDEFACTORY_H
#define PEPTIDEFACTORY_H

#include "peptidemodifier.h"

/**
  The common base class for PMF and MSMS peptide factories
  It contains a member PeptideModifier that will defines wich are the modified amino acid etc.

	@author Alexandre Masselot,,, <alex@alex-laptop>
*/
namespace bol{
class PeptideFactory{
  PeptideModifier* m_peptidemodifier;
public:
    PeptideFactory();

    ~PeptideFactory();

  /**
   * This method is virtual and in fact setting the PeptideModifier member is small part of it. The key one will be the inherited one, where it set the whole local context for peptide production
   * @param theValue 
   */
  virtual void setPeptideModifier(PeptideModifier* theValue) {
      m_peptidemodifier = theValue;
  }
  

  PeptideModifier* peptideModifier() const {
      return m_peptidemodifier;
  }
  

};
}
#endif
